ShredOS Usage

Wipe SSDs (NVMe & SATA) and HDDs with ShredOS

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Prerequisites:

• USB-Stick (2GB+)
•  BIOS+UEFI USB / minimum 2GB RAM / writable

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Step 1: Preparations

1. Download and flash the ShredOS Image to a USB-Stick with a program like rufus.
2. Expand the shredos partition with a partition manager (or linux tools like fatresize etc.)
3. Copy the following files to /etc/nwipe/ onto the stick:
   1. nwipe.conf
   2. nwipe_customers.csv
4. Edit the following bootloader entries as shown below
5. 1. boot/grub/grub.cfg
   2. EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg

menuentry "ShredOS" {
    linux /boot/bzImage console=tty3 loglevel=3
}

to:

menuentry "ShredOS" {
    linux /boot/bzImage console=tty3 loglevel=3 shredos_exclude_boot_disc="yes" loadkeys=de
}

Then save both files and eject the stick.

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Step 2: Booting

Make sure the Computer/Server you're using has only disks connected that you want to wipe.

1. Insert the stick and boot to bios
2. Check the boot order and change it if necessary
3. (if using hardware RAID-Card) Enable HBA-Mode (IT-Mode) in the controller settings.
4. boot the computer until you see the blue nwipe screen

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Step 3: Wiping disks

1.  nwipe will ask you to configure the business and customer data. Change or accept with [a].
2. d